[AusNOG] Ross Ulbricht (founder Silk Road) gets life without parole

[thelionroars]

Well most of the negative social effects of drugs comes from them being
illicit. Silk Road was interesting because it was a relatively anonymous
market where vendors competed based on reputation and price rather than
territory or such. It reduces the ability of vendors to reduce competition
by actually murdering each other, so the focus moves to quality and price
of product. It's still possible to con people with bad products, even kill
them (caveat emptor), but the reputation system means that this is going to
be minimised. The hit that he contracted was supposedly to protect his
identity(?). Compare this to the Melbourne gangland killings for example
(let alone freakin' Mexico or Columbia).

For evidence I submit Season 3 of The Wire
<ducks>

On 31 May 2015 at 10:29, Skeeve Stevens <skeeve+ausnog at theispguy.com> wrote:

> Not wanting to enter into a full debate... but he got what he deserved.
>
> It might not BE murder/rape/etc... but drugs certainly causes a lot of
> that and destroys untold lives in many other ways.
>
> Give him the bullet I say and don't worry about the cost of Life.
>
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> On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 2:10 AM, Seamus Ryan <s.ryan at uber.com.au> wrote:
>
>>  Yikes. Guilty or not that is one hell of a sentence for non-violent
>> crimes. You do less time for rape, murder and probably even being a “mob
>> kingpin”
>>
>>
>>
>> Seems US authorities were out to make an example of someone… and boy did
>> they!
>>
>>
>>
>> -        Seamus
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>> *From:* AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] *On Behalf Of *Paul
>> Wilkins
>> *Sent:* Saturday, 30 May 2015 3:27 PM
>> *To:* ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
>> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] Ross Ulbricht (founder Silk Road) gets life
>> without parole
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>> http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/29/silk-road-ross-ulbricht-sentenced
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